Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Why Movement of Moderate Muslims

"The real issue is not between Muslims and non-Muslims but between moderates and extremists in all religions ..." - Anifah Aman, Malaysian Foreign Minister, in promoting the Global Movement of Moderates at the United Nations last year. Isn't the same message - and movement - even more relevant today?

Original posting:It's a shame that the youth wings of Umno and Pas won't be walking together for the same Muslim "innocence" cause after the Friday prayers tomorrow. They had wanted to but could not agree on a common approach. The Islamic party's youth wing wants a massive protest outside the US Embassy. They want to march by the thousands from KLCC to Jalan Tun Razak, where the US Embassy is. The Umno youths think this could be messy. They have seen enough violent outcomes in other Muslim cities.

Angry Muslims in London ...

In India ..

So, after the Friday prayers tomorrow Khairy Jamaluddin and his boys will gather at Kampung Baru or Masjid Jamek instead to express Malaysian Muslims' displeasure and anger over the provocative Innocence of Muslims (read AsH's posthere to understand the issue).

Jakarta

On Sunday, Ummo's Wanita wing plans to gather outside DAP's ngeh's residence as a response to his disparaging remarks about The way Muslims' respond to provocation. That one, too, will not be violent.

A massive protest doesn't mean that it will necessarily turn violent, while protesting in front the the US Embassy will send a message to them, not that they would care too much but still it's more in their face.

Have such protests in front of the U.S. Embassy in Malaysia turned violent in the past? Not that I know of.

What so shameful about it.....Rocky?Khairy can do his thing....PAS youths can do their things.You want to see Umno and PAS Youths become friends???....fat chance now.Maybe after 13th GE.Meanwhile...it is FOR or AGAINST change in Govt.Moreover...umno B is a Devil party...corrupted to the core.Don't tell me you don't know that.

On the contrary, Islam is moderation. And there is no good Muslim or bad Muslim...go read the Quran and you'll find that there's only Muslim and/or Non-Muslim.

It's the 4 mazhab Imams, the mullahs, the imams, the sufis and what nots Muslim clerics who innovated (or rather insulted) and the mockery out of the Al-Quran, the one only reference that a Muslim should use as their guide.

Oh yes there is - they are *Good* when they begin to *understand* the religion better, that language better , go mengaji everyday and follow what's in that book just like a natural born psycho Muslim Arab. Until then they are just moderates.

Will Umno Youth and PAS now demo in front of the French Embassy over the Charlie Hedbo cartoons?

Or will they parade in front of the German Embassy because some obscure far-right German political party insists on doing a public screening of THAT movie?

Where will this end? Or are we on a never-ending path of action and reaction?

It has been reported that in Singapore, the Media Development Authority has asked Google to restrict online access to the notorious YouTube video. Google is considering the request.

The Singapore Straits Times on September 20 quoted Imam Habib Hassan, who heads the Ba'alwie Mosque in Singapore as saying that it was more important to educate all Singaporeans about each other's religion.

He said: "If we educate our people to understand other religions, when things like this come, they will know what to listen to and what not to listen to."

Indeed. What is faith if it is not tested?

Especially if the ways of the Evil One or the Great Deceiver are many and varied.

And since fomenting discord or dissension is one of his favourite tools.

This DAP's must hated muslim so much.. whenever they have the opportunity they attack hard... Yet they want to rule this country which majority is muslims?.. what they will do after ruling?..kick out the hated one out?....

Huh... I bet that you will not see this by the DAP fellow as supporting the purpose for which you wrote your piece.

And I can also bet that Utusans, NSTs, Berita Harians, TV3s, RTMs, Astros will never mention in full the context of the message below.

Because, all of you have been 'conditioned' to perfection to ignore such things - all because its from anti-BN politicians.

PARAMESWARA

"I retract and apologise to any Muslim who is offended by my tweet as it was never intended to be so.

It was 1.43 am 17th September 2012, after seeing world news on CNN, BBC and Al Ajazeera showing violent protests in various parts of the world where lives were lost, many injured properties gutted and unrest ensued in response to the video produced by Sam Bacile, and after reading the news in Malaysiakini.com that YB Khairy Jamaluddin has planned to hold massive protest coming Friday (21st Sept 2012) with regard to the same matter that I tweeted the following words

‘Khairy wants muslim protest against Same Bacile. For Islam or for his political gains? Are muslims wasting to much time and energy on this?’

This was the context of my tweet

In the context of the violent protests round the world and the many demonstrations to be held that I posed the question ‘Are muslims wasting too much time and energy on this?

I was wondering if too much time and energy have been spent in response to the 13.5 minutes video produced by a mad man in the name of Sam Bacile.

I wanted our society to think deeper with regard to the way we response to any provocation or issue that confronts us. I have been taught and have always emphasized to the young never to react but always to respond.

No compromise

I want to make it very clear my following stands:-

1. I strongly condemn the video and its producer for belittling the faith/religion of another person and reiterate support for the stand that has been taken by DAP on this issue which is contained in the media statement issued by my party’s Secretary General on 16/9/2012.

2. I totally support the rights of a person to hold peaceful demonstrations. In my 23 years of active political involvement, I have organized scores of demonstration in Perak. I was arrested by the police in Bersih 2.0 and was there at Bersih 3.0.

Twisted by UMNO-BN

The abovesaid tweet has now been twisted by UMNO/BN to say I belittle Islam. This is a total lie. However, having explain the context in which my question was posed, any muslim who is still offended by the question I posed, I apologise as that was never intended.

I feel comforted that a leading Muslim cleric Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi, head of international union of Muslim Scholars, Encik Fathul Bari Mat Jahaya, the Executive Committee Chairman of Malaysia Young Ulama Assembly and Encik Musa Awang, the President of the Syarie lawyers of Malaysia have also come forward to call for restraint in the response to this video issue.

Rocky.In Islam there is no such thing as moderate muslim or extreme muslim.The real conflict now is between muslim and non muslim.The non muslim are trying to detroy the muslim.It started with attack on Iraq and then Afganhistan and now Iran.They are also involve in the attack on Libya,Syria ,Yemen and Sudan.

Rightwing views that China’s growing power threatens Japan have been given ammunition by days of fierce anti-Japan protests in cities across China, including the LOOTING and BURNING of some Japanese companies’ premises.